Improvement in hog-troughs



J. HANNAN.

Hoa-morren. No.178,435. Patented June B, 1876.

'To `all whom it may conce-rn:

PATENT O JOSEPH HANNAN, OE OASS TOWNSHIP, JONES COUNTY, IOWA.

' IMPROVEMENT IN HOG-TROUGHS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,435, dated June 6, 1876;

October 11, 1875.

application tiled Be it known that I, JOSEPH HANNAN, of

' Cass township, Jones county,-and Stategof Iowa, have invented an Improvementin Hog- Troughs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof.

My invention consists inf a roofed troughfor hogfeeding, constructed with partitions dividing the trough intostalls, which communicate with each other through passages or openings in said partitions formed at the bot tom ofthe trough, and provided with hinged doors extending the length of the trough, one\ upon the exterior or man side, and the other upon the' interior or pen side of the trough, arranged in combination with a section of the fence of the pen, as hereinafter particular- 1y described.

Figure l is an exterior or man-side View of a trough embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

The trough is constructed with the base or bottom board A, and the longitudinal side boards B and B', on the front and rear of the trough, respectively, the former extending upward somewhat higher than the latter, as shown, and with the end pieces C, which support the roofD. 'The partitions E divide the trough into stalls F, arranged to permit but one hog Vto feed in eac'h stall at any one time, and the said partitions have the semicircular openings a at the bottom of the trough to permit the feed to pass from one stall to another. An opening, b, closed by a bung, c, is provided at one end of the trough, on the exterior or front side, for the escape of water during the washing of the trough. lThedoorGris hinged to the board B on the front ofthe trough, and extending the entire length thereof, and is arranged to close the opening between the board B and the roof-piece D, and=tov be retained thus closed up by the spring-catch d, xed-in theroof, engaging against the metal angle-plate e vset on the upper edge of the door, as shown; or to be opened downward and rest upon the triangular brace f, which is fixed on the front of the board B, thus forming a swill-board, in the position shown, for the convenient pouring of the feed into the stalls. The door H' is hinged to the roofpiece D ou the rear or pen 'side of the trough, and extending the entire length thereof, and Ais arranged to close the opening between the ings, and thus form a'shelter for the trough and stock from the sun,7 and weather when the stock is feeding. The door G is provided with the knob g, and the door H is provided With the rope h secured to it by the staple m, and passing through the staple n on the top ofthe peu to the front side, where it is conveniently secured upon the hook or spike 1', whereby both doors may be readily'- operated to be opened'or closed from the front or man side of the trough.

By keeping the trough-'doorsG and H closed when the stock is not feeding fowls or other animals are prevented from entering the trough, and it is kept free from dirt and vermin, or rain-washings and all similar iinstock, and breed trichina or other diseases in hogs.

The trough has combined with it a section .of the fence or pen, composed of the upright posts I, which aresecured to the end pieces (l), and are let into the bottom A and roofpiece D at either end of the trough,fand on which carry the rails l extending longitudinally across the trough, as shown.

I am aware that a hog-trough has been heretofore constructed with anv adjustable ofthe trough into sections, and by which the sizeof the openings into the trough for the stock may be varied.

I do not intend to claim this device, but wish to limit my claim hereunder to the parts I believe to be new.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to Secure by Letters Patent, is-

partitions E, with lower end openings a, the hinged door G extending the length of the trough on its exterior side, and provided with a brace, f, and catch d, whereby the said doors, when open, will act as a swill- FFICE.. l

board B and the roof-piece, or to be opened 1 upward into the position shown in the drawpurities, which. render the. feed unfit for the' the edge nearest the pen side, as shown, and

and reversible rackv for dividing the feed side l. In a hog-trough, having the roof D and min, 86o.. as described.

l when the same is combined with posts I and cross-boards Z, whereby the entire structure isA l board, and when closed will exclude the snow, adapted to form a part of the pen o1' inclosure,

f h b as described. A A y 2. A hog-trough composed o t e ottom A, ends C, sides B and-B, and roof D, and JOSEPH HANNAN having the partitions E and doors G and H, Witnesses:

J. L. SHEEAN, H. EKEELER. 

